1. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
  2. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
  3. “So loved,” then isn’t about how much but instead simply how.
  4. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  5. This week we will take a closer look at God's love in Scripture.
  6. This sermon was originally given at Luther Seminary chapel on May 20, 1986.
  7. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
  8. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  9. God is not calling us to “grow up.” He is calling us to dependence.
  10. The more awareness we have that we are weak and low and frail and incapable of doing this thing called life, the more perfectly we are positioned to meet the God of grace.
  11. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.